USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although most of the white colonists were from the British isles, the colonies also included people from other European countries, particularly Germany. About 20 percent of the colonies’ inhabitants were enslaved African Americans, who came from a range of different ethnic groups and nations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Until the end of the Seven Years’ War in 1763, few colonists in British North America objected to their place in the British Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown.

Detailed explanation-4: -The colonists living in the British North American colonies who rebelled against the authority of the crown were known as patriots, revolutionaries, continentals, colonials, rebels, Yankees, or Whigs.